Tina Gasperson

2. I’m so past the whole political party thing and have been for a while, but a friend of mine says that Republicans want to take our money to hurt people, and Democrats want to take our money to help people. And that’s just bizarre thinking. I’m not for Republicans or Democrats, because it’s too easy to stick a party label on yourself, and being part of a political party requires no adherence to any ideals or principles. Republicans unfortunately have become associated with conservatism, but they are NOT that. Democrats have somehow co-opted the label of compassion, but they are NOT that.

Politics was never meant to be a lifelong career path. Serving our country in this way was meant to be a sacrifice, not a lucrative power shot. It was meant to be a temporary time of leaving behind your family and your job to serve your constituents and truly represent their interests in Congress and the Senate.

Today I see a ruling class of politicians who believe they know better than their constituents and are there to rule over them and hijack their country for their own ends: political power, fame, and financial gain. My country has been hijacked, not by a party, but by a system of men. I believe God is showing us exactly what happens when God is not our King - all over the world, all throughout time, the systems of men have failed and are failing, and the United States of America is no exception. That we are experimenting with socialism is both amazing in its stupidity, and comforting in its predictability. When left to his own devices, man often begins with the best of intentions, turns to selfish gain and exploitation, and finally comes to the end of his systems and himself. And all that is left is God.

Our founding fathers knew, I believe, that they could not ever stop the eventual rise of greed and the complications and usurpations of liberty that come with it. The only solution short of Heaven is to tear it down every so often and start over. I think we’re overdue for that. I don’t blame any one person, and once again this is not about party, it’s about men. The desire for power, fame, and money, and the self-interest of immoral and amoral men lead to the situation that started happening before the ink even dried on the Declaration of Independence.

I think they knew. God knows. A world that is not led by God’s system (and by that I do not mean the system of men that we currently have misnamed the church), is doomed to failure. All we can do is try to fight for it, burn out the undergrowth and try to start over again, or capitulate and become like the world. Guess what “the church” has done. Guess what people who proclaim to have faith in God are doing. They’ve been sucked into the system just like everyone else and they’re playing along.

More about that later.